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Text -- Amos 7:1-17 (NET)
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Symbolic Visions of Judgment
7:1 The sovereign Lord showed me this: I saw him making locusts just as the crops planted late were beginning to sprout . (The crops planted late sprout after the royal harvest .)
7:2 When they had completely consumed the earth’s vegetation , I said , “Sovereign Lord , forgive Israel! How can Jacob survive ? He is too weak !”
7:3 The Lord decided not to do this . “It will not happen ,” the Lord said .
7:4 The sovereign Lord showed me this: I saw the sovereign Lord summoning a shower of fire . It consumed the great deep and devoured the fields .
7:5 I said , “Sovereign Lord , stop ! How can Jacob survive ? He is too weak !”
7:6 The Lord decided not to do this . The sovereign Lord said , “This will not happen either.”
7:7 He showed me this: I saw the sovereign One standing by a tin wall holding tin in his hand .
7:8 The Lord said to me, “What do you see , Amos ?” I said , “Tin .” The sovereign One then said , “Look , I am about to place tin among my people Israel . I will no longer overlook their sin.
7:9 Isaac’s centers of worship will become desolate ; Israel’s holy places will be in ruins . I will attack Jeroboam’s dynasty with the sword .”
Amos Confronts a Priest
7:10 Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent this message to King Jeroboam of Israel : “Amos is conspiring against you in the very heart of the kingdom of Israel ! The land cannot endure all his prophecies .
7:11 As a matter of fact , Amos is saying this: ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword and Israel will certainly be carried into exile away from its land .’”
7:12 Amaziah then said to Amos , “Leave , you visionary ! Run away to the land of Judah ! Earn your living and prophesy there !
7:13 Don’t prophesy at Bethel any longer , for a royal temple and palace are here!”
7:14 Amos replied to Amaziah , “I was not a prophet by profession . No , I was a herdsman who also took care of sycamore fig trees .
7:15 Then the Lord took me from tending flocks and gave me this commission, ‘Go ! Prophesy to my people Israel !’
7:16 So now listen to the Lord’s message ! You say , ‘Don’t prophesy against Israel ! Don’t preach against the family of Isaac !’
7:17 “Therefore this is what the Lord says : ‘Your wife will become a prostitute in the streets and your sons and daughters will die violently . Your land will be given to others and you will die in a foreign land . Israel will certainly be carried into exile away from its land .’”
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NET Notes -> Amo 7:1; Amo 7:1; Amo 7:1; Amo 7:1; Amo 7:2; Amo 7:2; Amo 7:2; Amo 7:3; Amo 7:4; Amo 7:4; Amo 7:5; Amo 7:5; Amo 7:6; Amo 7:7; Amo 7:7; Amo 7:7; Amo 7:8; Amo 7:9; Amo 7:9; Amo 7:10; Amo 7:10; Amo 7:10; Amo 7:10; Amo 7:11; Amo 7:11; Amo 7:12; Amo 7:12; Amo 7:13; Amo 7:13; Amo 7:14; Amo 7:14; Amo 7:14; Amo 7:14; Amo 7:14; Amo 7:14; Amo 7:15; Amo 7:15; Amo 7:16; Amo 7:17; Amo 7:17; Amo 7:17; Amo 7:17; Amo 7:17
NET Notes: Amo 7:1 This royal harvest may refer to an initial mowing of crops collected as taxes by the royal authorities.
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NET Notes: Amo 7:4 The Hebrew appears to read, “summoning to contend with fire,” or “summoning fire to contend,” but both are problematic syntact...
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NET Notes: Amo 7:7 The Hebrew word אֲנָךְ (’anakh, “tin”) occurs only in this passage (twice in this verse and twic...
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NET Notes: Amo 7:13 Heb “for it is a temple of a king and it is a royal house.” It is possible that the phrase “royal house” refers to a temple ra...
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NET Notes: Amo 7:14 It is possible that herdsmen agreed to care for sycamore fig trees in exchange for grazing rights. See P. King, Amos, Hosea, Micah, 116-17. Since thes...
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NET Notes: Amo 7:16 The verb, which literally means “to drip,” appears to be a synonym of “to prophesy,” but it might carry a derogatory tone here...
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